Planned Parenthood has this very creative Web site dedicated to sex, STDs, and getting tested. It’s called TakeCareDownThere.org and really the name says it all. Take care down there or who knows what crazy disease or infection might creep in. Anyway, there are nine different videos featuring a cast of goofy characters dealing with issues in sex. I think Planned Parenthood did a good job both creatively and in fulfilling their mission so I suggest you check it out. My favorite video of all the videos is the “Down There Song.” I mean who wouldn’t like a song that included the words hum-diddler, sloppy slappilow, and gherkin.
You might remember reading about my friend Alex and her tattoo mishap in a post I wrote last fall. Well, she is still undergoing her tattoo laser removal by Denver’s Ink-B-Gone and has lived to happily tell the story.
Before any laser removal treatments
After session number five
She says the treatments have been totally worth it. In fact, with such obvious results she recommends laser removal to anyone that asks. The staff at Ink B Gone have been nothing but helpful and her boyfriend is happy with it too. At first he wasn’t so sure, but now he’s on board. But then again, what choice does he have!
I suffer from chronic neck pain. It’s probably not fair to throw the word chronic in there because no one has ever told me that my condition is chronic. All I know is that my neck seems to always hurt and frankly, I’m just annoyed by it and I’ll call it chronic if I want because it makes me feel better. Sigh. Anyway.
You don’t think about the importance of your neck until you can’t turn your head to change lanes. Or until you can’t get out of a yoga move without someone spotting your noggen.
Needless to say my neck pain/frustration has gotten the best of me and so last week I visited a chiropractor for the very first time. Not knowing anything about chiropractic work all I expected was some popping and cracking here and there; the last thing I expected was a lecture on my fashion accessories.
According to the chiropractor my eight-pound Golden Goddess Satchel is pulling my right shoulder and hip out of alignment. The dull aching in my back is a direct result of carrying my Satchel around all day and the shooting pains in my neck are a secondary result of the bag because of the way I baby the rest of my body to accomodate its shape and size.
He said he’d pop my body back into shape for $35 a whack, but he needs me to give up the bag for awhile. I said, “Heck no, the bag won’t go. I just spent a big chunk of a pay check on that thing.”
I will, however, take my water bottle, 600-page book, running shoes, lunch bag, and journal out of the Satchel. That should lighten it up a bit. Ya think?
Beautiful, isn’t it?
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Take the next few weeks to really take the time to learn about the issues and educate those around us. There are many statistics that I could list here that would be depressing and scary, but all that stuff doesn’t really explain how someone feels when they are assaulted anyway so I won’t even try. But what I will do is give you these resources if you want to know more.
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (associated with SAAM)
National Organization for Women
Rape Crisis: Assistance and Prevention - 1.800.871.7741
Oh, and one more thing. The blog Menstrual Poetry wrote a nice post about the documentary Searching for Angela Shelton. It’s a nice tie-in to this ever-important issue. I suggest you check it out.
How is this for skin care advertising? French health and beauty company Ella Bache created this larger than life sculpture in Sydney, Australia’s First Fleet Park. It was made with over 24,000 peaches to look like Australian acress, Jolene Anderson.
The sculpture was created to capitalize on the brand’s tag line: Skin Good Enough to Eat. It’s been said that the peaches are not real, but either way it’s impressive.
